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This honey sesame snack mix recipe is a fun family snack!
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My family loves snack mix made with cereal and other fun mix ins. We make the traditional party mix, but we also like to change things up and make fun flavor combinations. A friend gave me this recipe for a honey sesame party mix a few years ago. I spent my early 20’s traveling the middle east and honey and sesame is a popular flavor combination in that part of the world. So she knew I would love this variation on a snack mix.
Since honey is the star of the show, you want to make sure you use a premium honey with lots of flavor. This was my first time using Don Victor honey and I was surprised to see the actual honeycomb right inside the jar!
I found the Don Victor honey in one of my favorite aisles to shop in at Walmart – the Hispanic Food aisle. I love looking at the unique products in the international section of Walmart and always find something new to try. I buy my powdered milk to make homemade hot cocoa mix and my favorite caramel sauce made with goats milk in the Hispanic Aisle. Now, I’ll be buying Don Victor honey in that aisle, too. I found the honey on the very top shelf right next to my favorite caramel sauce.
Like most snack mixes, the honey sesame version is easy to make. Start by mixing the cereal, nuts and fruit in a large bowl. You can mix and match to your preferences. I used corn cereal, raw almonds, cashews and dried cherries.
Set the mix aside and melt together the honey, butter, brown sugar and a little salt in a small pot. You just want to get the butter to melt and the sugar to dissolve. It’s a light brown when it’s ready and is a tad thick and heavy.
I actually did a lot of shopping in international foods for this recipe. If you need to buy sesame seeds skip the spice aisle and go to the Asian Food section. You will get four times as many seeds for less cost and these were just down from the Hispanic Food at Walmart.
Coat the cereal mix with the honey sauce in the bowl. Stir in the sesame seeds.
Spread it all out on a large jelly roll pan and bake. I baked this for an hour, stirring every 15 minutes, but it doesn’t really brown up much. You are really just cooking the honey mixture in to the other ingredients.
You can also cook this right in your slow cooker on low for an hour instead of the oven. Check out how to do that in our Slow Cooker Chex Mix Recipe.
Once the hour is up, push the mix close together on the sheet and allow it to cool. You want to break it up in lumps to eat although mine was a tad soft this time around to do that. Either way, it’s yummy.
Also, keep your eyes open for these new Don Victor products coming to a store near you soon! Whipped honey with cinnamon, chocolate and honey plus a wonderful Spanish olive oil that my kids love.
I bet Santa would love some Honey Sesame Snack Mix on the “cookie” plate this year.
This honey sesame snack mix recipe is a sweet alternative to the traditional cereal snack mix.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour10 minutes
Ingredients
4heaping cups of Chex cereal (mix and match as desired)
1/4cup brown sugar
1/2cup unsalted butter
1/4cup Don Victor honey
1cup raw toasted almonds
1cup cashews
1/4cup (plus) toasted sesame seeds
1cup dried cherries or cranberries
1/2teaspoon salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Combine cereal and nuts in a large bowl.
In a small pan, melt butter. Add brown sugar, honey and salt and stir until sugar dissolves.
Add butter mixture to the cereal/nut mixture. Stir to coat well.
Stir in sesame seeds to the snack mix.
Pour the mixture onto a rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes or so.
Remove pan from oven and allow mix to cool completely.
Pack mixture down to make it more like bark, leave it lumpy to break up easily.
Enjoying these sticks as a snack will provide protein. These sticks also contain fiber which supports digestive health and plays a role in supporting your overall health. Vegetarians need to include foods in their diet that provide essential nutrients.
The commercially available version is made with sesame seeds, glucose syrup and sugar. Because I love them so much, I wanted to create a healthier version with more natural sweeteners. I used a little brown rice syrup and a touch of honey (you can use maple syrup) which hold the sesame seeds together.
Pizza Mix was also eliminated after several years of production and later replaced by Italian Recipe. In early 2013, General Mills removed the sesame seed breadstick from the Gardetto's original recipe and replaced it with a different breadstick found in other popular snack mixes put out by General Mills.
Eating healthy foods like sesame seeds can help people with type 2 diabetes reach their target blood sugar levels. Additionally, the antioxidants in sesame oil reduce the amount of sugar in your blood.
Sesame Seeds contain a fullness-inducing trifecta of fiber, protein and fat. They are also a good source of calcium, magnesium and iron. Being high in zinc, they help boost the immune system.
Sometimes, if you take honey by using spoon, size of spoon might differ which makes the amount of consumption not precise. 7gm of honey per stick and you are recommended to take 2 sticks per day. This is the smartest way for you to eat honey. You still willing to eat honey for breakfast even you are late for work.
Sesame seeds are a potent source of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds. These tiny seeds contain powerful antioxidants like sesamin and sesamol, which help protect cells from oxidative stress and damage caused by free radicals.
Between-meal snacks may play a crucial role in your diet plan if you feel hungry and need an energy boost during the day. The calories in these foods, however, can quickly add up if you are not careful. With a considerable amount of fat, sesame sticks are no exception and should be eaten in small portions.
Sesame oil is used to add fat and flavor to a recipe, used as a medium for cooking, including stir-frying, or the seeds are used whole or crushed to add seasoning and texture. It is also made into a paste and used in a dipping sauce or as an ingredient in noodle sauces or as a spread.
Sesame Snaps is a wholesome and tasty sesame-based snack, made of just a few simple ingredients. Gluten free, vegetarian and made with seeds and grains, it contains no artificial flavours, colours or preservatives, merging function and flavour in one crunchy snack that can be eaten on the go.
Which Chick-fil-A menu items contain sesame? Chick-fil-A® menu items served on the white bun contain sesame. Our flaxseed flour flat bread used for the Chick-fil-A Cool Wrap® also contains sesame.
They are both enjoyable mixes, it just depends on the person. Even though I much preferred the initial flavor of the Gardettos, I didn't like how quickly that flavor tapered off compared to the Chex Mix. The Chex is a little more consistent, whereas the Gardettos don't waste any time.
The OG. An irresistible mix of crunchy breadsticks, salted pretzels and double roasted rye chips, topped off with Gardetto's family recipe seasoning. Our signature snack mix as it was meant to be enjoyed.
Originally Answered: Why does Gardettos call it the "original recepe" when they took out the bread piece with the seseme seeds on top? Its bugged me a few years now. It was the best piece. I'm not sure why they would call it the original recipe if they took out the bread piece with the sesame seeds.
Next, mix the Sesame Chicken sauce by combining chicken stock, light soy sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, honey, and sesame oil. Mix until well combined and set aside.
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